Technology Integration for Teacher Mentors

Today’s agenda Finding Finding information quickly Google tips cheat sheet Wolfram Alpha Sharing/Organizing Social bookmarking in plain English Delicious My Delicious site Goochland County’s Delicious site Media Integration Library of Congress- Digital Collections Archive.org Flickr Commons– blocked? Try this or this. YouTube – blocked at school? Get it for later Observation Tools ISTE observation tool […]

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Nigerian EdTech Scam

Warn your CIO or technology director! Schools all over the country are getting taken by these Nigerian eLearning scams! It seems they’re selling technology at high rates and making outrageous promises of learning. Somehow educational institutions keep getting taken in! FORWARD THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!! VERIFIED AS TRUE ON SNOPES.COM _________________________________________________________ STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Dear Esteem Beneficiary, Have […]

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From Good to Outstanding-PD on Steroids

From Good to Outstanding Follow teachers as they work to improve their practice with a team of experts. Each teacher delivers an initial lesson, observed by school inspector Clare Gillies, then using her and other expert feedback, they fine-tune their skills and try deliver an outstanding second lesson a few weeks later. This is one […]

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Laugh or cry

—Because I want to share the voices in my head with others Footnotes, italics, scare quotes and a few minor deletions by me . . . Original Article By Tyler Whitley _________________________________________________________________ Published: June 20, 2009 Bowing to pressure, the state superintendent of public instruction has abandoned her proposal to end the third-grade history and […]

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New Blackboard Executive Starts Blog, Opts Not to Use BB’s “Blogging” Option

—Another mock Chronicle article – it’s probably getting tiresome but it’s entertaining me right now. original article here by JEFFREY R. YOUNG footnotes, italics, scare quotes on blog and a few minor deletions by me . . . ____________________________________________________________________ The new head of Blackboard Inc.‘s course-management-software division, Ray Henderson, started a “blog” this week, and […]

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Miami-Dade Workshop 6-11-09

Google Tips Google Advanced Search Google Book Search, News Search and Article Search PDF Tip Sheet – the shortcuts for advanced search Media Resources Archive.org – old Lucky Strike commercial, WWII British Propaganda Films, cultural and academic films WikiMedia Commons – picture of the day Flickr Commons – Simthsonian, Library of Congress, The White House, […]

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Ethical Choices and Transgression in Games

Tom has been gracious enough to let me back in the door to blog my experience at the Gaming + Learning + Society conference this week. Ethical Choices and Trangression in Games MicroPresentations by Manveer Heir, Anthony Betrus, Monica Evans, David Simkins, and Erin Hoffman This rapid-fire session felt like TED on speed.  Each presenter […]

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Playpower.org: Designing 8-bit Learning Games for a $10 computer

Tom has been gracious enough to let me back in the door to blog my experience at the Gaming + Learning + Society conference this week. Designing 8-bit Learning Games for a $10 Computer Presented by Derek Lomas Derek Lomas wants you to join his open-source educational software revolution.  Lomas, along with two other partners, […]

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More Mockery

USA Today’s Dumbest Article (Today, that is) It appears that desperation breeds sensationalism. USA Today attempts to stave off irrelevancy by publishing nonsense. Modified article below. As usual, footnotes and italics are mine. Some minor deletions of original article may also occur. _______________________________________________ Original Article By Erin Thompson, USA TODAY Teens and young adults are […]

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